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Marc Ambinder:
Clinton's Name Likely To Be Placed In Nomination; Agreement Near With Obama Campaign — Reports of strife between negotiators for Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama are exaggerated and the two sides are nearing an agreement on how Clinton's delegates will participate …
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Payback? Obama snubs Rangel — The Obama campaign is denying House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel a speaking role at this month's Democratic National Convention — a move those close to the powerhouse Harlem congressman view as a spiteful snub.
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Steven Stark / Real Clear Politics:Breaking the Press — With the polls continuing to show John …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:Clinton's Name Will Be Put in Nomination
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Luke Rosiak / OpenSecrets.org:
Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama — During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they'd be home soon. Now, between firefights in the Iraqi desert, some infantrymen have been sending a different kind of mail stateside …
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Anti-Obama Author on 9/11 Conspiracy — Among the follow-up efforts to Jerome R. Corsi's “Unfit for Command,” which inspired the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks on Senator John Kerry in 2004, is “Obama Nation.” But the conservative commentator's book about Senator Barack Obama appears …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating
Byron York / The Corner:Corsi, Swift Boats, Obama, The Enquirer, and Smears
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Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Tax Plan — Even as Barack Obama proposes fiscally responsible tax reform to strengthen our economy and restore the balance that has been lost in recent years, we hear the familiar protests and distortions from the guardians of the broken status quo.
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New York Sun:
Obama's War on Women — The Obama campaign has at long last lifted the veil of mystery that has surrounded the Democratic presidential candidate's tax increase plans. Mr. Obama's two economic advisers, Jason Furman and Austan Goolsbee, have an op-ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal, and it isn't pretty.
Seumas Milne / Guardian:
This is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression — It's likely to be a taste of things to come — The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy from western politicians and their captive media.
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John McCain / Wall Street Journal:
We Are All Georgians — For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call. After clashes in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russia invaded its neighbor, launching attacks that threaten its very existence.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:The Neocons And The Soviets — It's very bizarre to read …
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Lynn Sweet:
Obama camp said to be leaning towards Biden for vice president. — I'm just passing on the latest I'm hearing—that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is moving up on the list of potential running mates for presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). While Obama's heart may go towards Virginia …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
I See Four Key Battleground States — Presidential campaigns ultimately come down to who can win 270 Electoral College votes. With most states favoring one candidate or the other, this year's contest could come down to a few battleground states. — Based on visits this past week …
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Musharraf Is Expected to Resign in Next Few Days — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Faced with desertions by his political supporters and the neutrality of the Pakistani military, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, an important ally of the United States, is expected to resign in the next few days rather …
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner:
Cruelty to Little Girls — Before the event recedes farther from view, I wanted to say something about the little-girl switcheroo, pulled by the People's Republic of China. You know: One little seven-year-old, Yang Peiyi, won the competition to sing at the opening ceremony.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
After The Cold War — I've made this point before, but a reader puts it more succinctly: … No s**t, Sherlock. One of the good things about having a blog that has published almost daily for almost a decade is that one's own evolution and zig-zags through a period of history are exposed to the glare of day.
ccrjustice.org:
In Extremely Rare Occurence Court Moves to Rehear Case of Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar — Court Acted Sua Sponte, Deciding to Revisit June Decision Against Arar Before Being Asked — The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an extremely rare order that the case …
Rasmussen Reports:
47% Favor Government Mandated Political Balance on Radio, TV — Nearly half of Americans (47%) believe the government should require all radio and television stations to offer equal amounts of conservative and liberal political commentary, but they draw the line at imposing that same requirement on the Internet.
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Johnny, I hardly knew ye — After covering John Edwards — and liking him — for years, what I thought I knew about him was wrong. But reporters often misjudge candidates. — John Edwards at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 26, 2008.
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